Nordic Council

Nordic Council

An international organization consisting of Scandinavian and Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as their autonomous territories. It maintains a common labor market and freedom of movement for all Nordic citizens. It was established in 1952.

Discussions on how to firm-up cooperation and close existing loopholes vulnerable to launderers were confirmed on May 18 when Icelander Helgi Hjorvar, president of the Nordic Council (the NCM's parliamentary wing), met for talks with the NCM's Copenhagen-based Tax Evasion and Money Laundering Coordinating Unit (TEMLU).

A report, entitled The European Union and the Arctic', ordered by the Nordic Council, states that it is "clear that the situation requires as a minimum a more systematic, proactive EU approach" for the Arctic in all pertinent policies, both for Arctic and non-Arctic member states.

The Ministry of Social Affairs and the Nordic Council of Ministers initiated in May 2004 a public awareness project called, "Drugs, Prostitution, and Trafficking from a Gender Perspective," which demonstrated the correlation of these issues.

This was indeed the core of a seminar I was invited to participate in by the Nordic Council for Africa--an excellent institution which has distinguished itself with its original and often profound research in matters African.

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